Nothing ships, and there is no account to make.
RV shop labor runs $150 to $200 an hour, and the average owner hands a shop two to four jobs a year that were never shop jobs at all. Add it up.
Catch even two of those a year yourself and you keep $2,000 to $5,000. Every year, for as long as you own a rig. No promises you'll never see a shop again. Some jobs belong there, and I say which ones.
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Thirty chapters. Every one walks a system the same way: how it actually works, what breaks first, the check you run before anyone gets paid, and when to hand it to a shop with your head held high.
And that is the short list. 507 pages, plus the troubleshooting trees, the buying guide, the walkaround checklist and the maintenance schedule you'll actually keep.
Instant PDF, on your phone about thirty seconds after you pay. Read chapters 1 and 2 tonight; print the walkaround checklist before the next trip.
"I am reading your book, it is very helpful, learned a few things already, thanks!"
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"I appreciate the extra knowledge that you have provided. Thanks for some insights that I know I have neglected over the years. Love the honesty that you convey, thank you."
"This book will teach you what you didn't know, or touch up your memory for the things you forgot."
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"Bruce made it right with me. I'll recommend him."
"We love it! You've covered everything and then some."
"It's great. A lot of good information that will come in handy. It will save time."
"Thanks for taking care of me so fast."
"Have read the first three chapters so far and appreciate the down to earth, no nonsense way you have written this guide. Looking forward to using the guide in the near future!"
"We are going to purchase a new RV after the new year. I find all your youtube videos very informative and helpful. Great info and thank you."
"Wealth of info in this."
"So hard to find correct straight information. Too much scattered, with only bits of information. Enough to get into trouble!"
"Your video on slide out repair prompted me to order this immediately after viewing it. Well done."
"I'm impressed!"
"Our first trailer developed a roof leak and by the time I realized what was going on it was a total. We have replaced that with a 2023 31' 5th wheel, and I won't let that same thing happen to it."
"I'm early into the book but I like what I see. I will continue reading to get familiar with the different systems. I recommend this book to other RVers."
"Doing great. I was pretty familiar with the chain of permission part, but it was a great refresher. Have also read Chapter 3 and it has led me to plan the cleaning and inspection of the roof (at age 84 I can only climb the roof when the wife is preoccupied elsewhere). Will buy the kit you mentioned and plan to clean with simple green."
"The book was written very well. It is easy to follow along to help troubleshoot the common issues any RV owner will encounter."
"I have barely started reading it, but I am very impressed so far as it seems to be very thorough and plain to understand."
"Finally a book that doesn't just say 'check this and that.' Bruce's chain of permissions method actually works. My furnace died on a cold night in Wyoming. Instead of calling a tech I followed the sequence and found a sticky sail switch. Fifteen bucks and twenty minutes later we had heat. This book already paid for itself."
"I've owned three RVs and this is the first guide that talks like someone who's actually lived in one for 15 years. The water pump strainer story hit home. We paid a mobile tech $300 last year for the exact same five-minute fix. Wish I'd had this book then."
"Really solid. The chain of permissions chapter alone is worth the price. Some of the later system chapters get a little dense if you're brand new, but the diagnosis approach is gold. Used it on the AC and the fridge already."
"Bruce doesn't sell you anything and it shows. No affiliate links, no 'buy my special tool' nonsense. Just clear explanations of how each system actually fails and what the shop will charge versus what the part costs. The roof chapter scared me straight. I've already sealed three hairline cracks."
"Bought this after our absorption fridge cooked itself because we were parked on a slope for a week. Bruce explains why gravity matters in plain English. Wish every dealer handed this book out with the keys. 280,000 miles and never left on the shoulder... that line stuck with me."
"Good practical advice throughout. The furnace and battery chapters were the most useful for us. A couple sections feel a little long, but the troubleshooting trees at the end are excellent. Clearly written by someone who's been the guy three doors down fixing other people's problems for years."
"This is the book I wish existed when we started full-timing. The difference between what a shop bills and what the actual part costs is laid out so clearly it almost makes you mad. Sail switches, strainers, ground lugs, all the cheap stuff that actually kills systems. Highly recommend."
"Used the Delta T method from the AC chapter on our last trip and immediately knew the unit was underperforming. The monthly walkaround checklist in Chapter 13 is now permanent in our phone. Bruce writes like a diesel tech who also happens to live in an RV, which is exactly what you want."
"Helpful overall, especially the holding tanks and fresh water sections. Sensors that lie is a perfect description. A few of the later chapters on upgrades and full-timing felt less essential for us as weekenders, but the diagnostic core of the book is excellent."
"No fluff. Bruce tells you straight which jobs are yours and which ones belong to a licensed tech. That alone is worth more than most RV books. The propane and brake chapters are appropriately serious. We've already recommended it to three other couples at the park."
"The schoolteacher's $1,180 furnace board story is burned into my brain. We've had almost the exact same experience. This book teaches you how to stop that cycle. Clear, honest, and actually useful on the road."
"Strong guide for both new and intermediate owners. The chain of permissions idea is simple but powerful once you start applying it. I especially liked the winterizing chapter and the toolbox/spares list. A few photos would have been nice, but the writing is clear enough without them."
"Best RV systems book I've read. Bruce's whole approach, check the cheap permissions first, listen to the sequence, then touch a tool, has already saved us two service calls. The 280,000-mile claim isn't marketing. It reads like the real result of doing the Tuesday afternoon work instead of the Friday night emergency. Keep this one."
Twenty years of owning, fixing, and living in these things, and I'm still the guy your neighbors at the campground come find when the AC quits in July. Somewhere around the 280,000-mile mark I realized the same twenty problems account for almost everything that goes wrong out here, and nobody had written them down in one honest place.
So I did. Where a job belongs at a shop, I say so. Where it's a ten-minute check, I show you the check. That is the whole trade.
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